Make Your Mark - Breaking the Glass Ceiling - Women, Voting, and Equality - WBDC
Influential women share their own glass ceiling stories and personal reflections. Guests discuss how they became civically engaged, impacted politics and society, make connections to women who came before them, and examine the challenges that still persist for women today. Visit wbdc.org for more information
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Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Guests discuss the fight, passion, and purpose needed to ignite and empower the next generation of young women. ©MMXX WBDC.org
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
More women- and minority-owned businesses means more economic and political equality and the advancement of women. Join US Representative Angie Craig, Beth Leonard (Managing Partner, Lurie, LLP), and Lili Hall (CEO, KNOCK, inc.) with moderator Melody Span Cooper (Chairperson, Midway Broadcasting Corporation) for a discussion on how engagements in public policy and legislation create advancement and equality for minority- and women-owned businesses. ©MMXX WBDC.org
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Equity and access to education are critical in creating a pathway to social, political, and economic mobility for women and communities of color. Join guests Arne Duncan (former Secretary of Education), Joan Gabel (President of the University of Minnesota), and Juan Salgado, (Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago) with host Laura Bloomberg (Dean of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of MN) for a discussion on the state of educational equity and the power of voting rights.
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Women are trailblazing their unique pathways to leadership, shattering the glass ceiling and creating legacies within their organizations and communities. Wendy Doyle (President & CEO, Women’s Foundation), Cassandra Sanford (Co-Founder/CEO, Kelly Mitchell), and Kathryn Graves Unger (Vice President, North America Government Relations, Cargill) join moderator Debra Jennings-Johnson (Senior Director, Supplier Diversity, BP) for a discussion on leadership and civic engagement.
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Female leaders in the corner office are the catalyst for driving women’s civic and economic empowerment both inside their organizations, as well as within their communities. Join guests Joanna Sobran (Founder & CEO, MXOtech) and Stephanie Hickman (President/CEO, Trice Construction), with moderator Ellen Sherberg (Special Advisor to American City Business Journal CEO) for a discussion on their professional journeys and political participation.
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Listen in as our moderator, Melody Spann Cooper (Chairperson, Midway Broadcasting Company) interviews Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth on the importance of women in leadership and how civic and economic empowerment can help level the playing field. ©MMXX WBDC.org
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Guests will include former White House Administrators, Current high-profile politicians, and a lot more. Make Your Mark - Breaking the Glass Ceiling - Women, Voting, and Equality.
A Podcast Series Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Woman’s Right to Vote and the 19th Amendment.
Presented by the Women's Business Development Center, a National Non-Profit Organization. WBDC.ORG